Registering-bank.



P. H. MOONEY.

REGISTERING BANK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1913.

1,084,161, Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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F. H. MOONEY.

REGISTERING BANK.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 10, 1913.

Patented Janjls, 1914.

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FRANK H. MOONEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

REGISTERING-BANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13,1914.

Application filed January 10, 1913. Serial No. 741,318.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. MOONEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering-Banks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to registers, and more especially to boxes such as those employed as savings banks; and the object of the same is to produce a bank of this character which is constructed in similation of an ordinary mantle clock, save that the hands on the dial are utilized for registering cents and dollars respectively.

An important feature of the invention consists in the mechanism employed in this connection whereby the insertion of any coin less than fifty cents and the depression of the main lever, turns the main wheel for a distance proportionate to the value of that coin and advances the register accordingly.

Details of construction will appear in the following specification and claims, and are shown in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a general perspective view of the entire registering bank. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view of the forward end of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Figs. 4:, 5, and 6 are details showing the construction of the coin switch and the actuator mechanism controlled by the insertion and depression of certain coins, Fig. 4; showing the parts at rest, Fig. 5 illustrating their action when a nickel is inserted, and Fig. 6 illustrating their action when a dime is inserted. Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the same elements on the line 77 of Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line 88 thereof. Fig. 9 is a perspective detail of what will be called the follower. Fig. 10 is a detail of a fragment of the dial.

In the drawings the casing is shown as composed of an upright rear plate 1, an upright front plate 2 having a large opening in it for a purpose to appear below whereby this plate is in effect a frame, and a body plate 3 arched over the top to conform with the shape of the upper ends of the other platesall the plates having feet at their corners so that when these plates are secured edge to edge as shown the feet constitute legs 4: on which the entire casing is supported. The bottom 5 of the casing is secured within the other plate above the legs 4, and is provided with a large opening which is normally closed by a door 6 held locked in place under ordinary conditions but tripped at certain times as will be described. The registering mechanism described below is disposed within the forward end of this casing between two upright plates 7 and 8 rigidly connected with and spaced from each other in any suitable manner. The forward of these plates, 7, stands in rear of the front plate 2 of the casing and closes the opening therein, and said plate 7 carries a dial 9 over whose face move the hands of the registerthe dial and hands being protected by a glass disk or crystal 10 which is securely held to the front plate 2 by means of a rim or band 11. The rearmost of said upright plates, 8, has at its upper end an extension 12 which projects through a slot in the arched top of the main or body plate 3 and which, with the parts secured thereto and carried thereby, constitutes the coin chute. This element in the present embodiment of my invention is provided with a pair of upright slots 13 through which project the arms of the main lever which is here shown as a bail 01' looped wire let having its ends connected with the casing at the rear of the latter in any suitable way as by a clamp 15, while its looped or bent center 16 stands in position above the dial and serves as a handle by which the main lever is actuated.

The parts thus far described, excepting those which are located within the casing, are by preference neatly finished as in brass or other ornamental metal, with an appropriate dial and its figures and appropriate hands, and the general appearance is that of a mantle clock, excepting only that the handle end 16 of the main lever is visible as shown in the drawings. Even this might be hidden by a suitable ornament if the face plate 2 of the casing were made ornamental, but as the handle will be manipulated each time a coin is inserted I prefer to have it within ready reach of the operator.

The registering mechanism in the present case includes the dial, the hands, and the gearing connectino' them. The face of the dial 9 is inscribed with twelve numbers 1.) like an ordinary clock face, and is marked around its periphery with one hundred marks 20 instead of sixty marks like a clock face. The hour hand 21 moves from XII to I when one dollar has been inserted, and therefore when it makes a complete revolution over the dial it wll indicate that $12 has been deposited in the bank. I may here say that at that time the door 6 at the bottom of the casing falls open and delivers the $12 to the saver or user but this detail forms no part of the present application. The minute hand 22 makes one revolution each time one hundred cents has been inserted. It follows that the hour hand is true to the numbers 19 on the dial face, but the minute hand when turned by the insertion of twenty-five cents or a quarter of a dollar has moved to indicate a quarter of an hour and stands over III, though in this position it designates fifteen minutes and is not accurate with respect to the twenty-five cents. It follows also that the gearing between the two hands must be in the ratio of one to twelve the same as between the hands of a clock. On the shaft of the minute hand is a small pinion 23 meshing with a gear 2stwhose hub is toothed so that it constitutes a small pinion meshing with a gear 26 which is fast on the tubular shaft of the hour hand, and the teeth in the various gears and pinions are such that one complete revolution of the minute hand sl aft causes the shaft of the hour hand to turn through one-twelfth of a revolution to carry out the object described above.

If it were the intention that the user of this bank should deposit nothing but coins of a single value and therefore of a single size, each time he inserted a coin and depressed the main lever the actuating mechanism would turn the shaft of the minute hand for a distance of one mark 20 if that coin were a cent or for a distance of five marks if that coin were a nickel, and so on; but in the present invention provision is made for the deposit of various coins up to and including aquarter, and the registeractuator must therefore be constructed ac cordingly.

Fast on the shaft of the minute hand is a main wheel 30 having one hundred teeth in its edge, and 31 is a retaining spring or pawl for preventing a retrograde movement of this wheel. The numeral designates an actuating pawl, here shown as carried at the outer end of an arm 33 which is pivotally mounted on the shaftof the minute hand adjacent the main wheel, and said arm is prov' led with a longitudinal slot he actuating lever is mounted on a main pivot 35 and has adepending finger carrying at its lower extremity a pin 37 moving in said slot 3e. as best seen in Figs. t and. and in order that the movement of this linger shall swing the arm 33 to a proper extent it may be necessary to curve the slot il islightly as shown. The linger is forcibly moved in one direction by the insertion of a coin and its depression by the operator and it is returned to its normal position as shown in Fig. -1t by a spring 39.

The coin slot or run-way is in rear of the extension 12 at the upper edge of the plate 8, and is formed by securing a supplemental, plate 42 behind said extension 12. as by soldering or brazing its flanged edges l3 to the edges of the extension one of the flanges being cut away as at H to provide a coininlet. The plate 1 2 will be spaced from. the extension 12 a distance equal to the thickness of the thickest coin the dcv ce is capable of handling, and it will have slots like those numbered 13 through which the arms of the main lever project as suggested above. The bottom of the coin chute is formed by a downwardly inclined switch plate secured to the rear face of the extension 12 just beneath the inlet lilas seen in Fig. 5, but this switch plate is of considerably less thickness than the distance between the extension 12 and the plate 42, and its upper edge is beveled as at l6 in Fig. 7. The disposition and proportion of parts is such. that when a dime is inserted at the point t its lower edge slides over the bevel t6 and the entire coin falls past the switch plate but when any other coin within the limits of this machine is inserted in the inlet ll, it travels down the upper edge of the switch plate 4.5 and beyond its inner end. i in Fig" 5, and (l, the employment o'l plate delivers the coins to one or a switch the other side of the main pivot 35 of the actuating lever, and the latter must therefore be constructed accordingly. For this purpose the upper end of said lever forked, one arm extending in a nearly vertical direction as seen in Fig. l and carrying a pin 48 moving in a. slot 4f) through the extension 12 and with reference to a fixed pin or stop and all coins excepting the dime must be forced between these two pins before they can drop into the interior of the casing. The other arm 51 is longer than the arm 17 and extends obliquely from the pivotal point and it carries a pin moving in a slot 51:) in the extension 12 with reference to a fixed pin or stop at the inner end of the switch plate and a dime which slips elf the plate must forced between these two pins .52 and 5!- before it can drop into the interior of the casing. For depressing a coin in either position, a suitable follower 55 is provided.

herein shown as consisting of a plate of proper thickness to fill the space between the extension 12 and plate 42, and which follower plate 55 is mounted on the arms of the main lever 14 and is therefore moved vertically when the handle 16 thereof is depressed.

lVith this construction of the actuator, its operation is as follows: Assuming that a nickel is inserted in the inlet when the parts stand as seen in Fig. 4, it travels down the switch plate and over and out of contact with the stop pin 54, its inertia will carry it over the pin 48, and it comes to rest against the stop pin 50. The operator then depresses the main lever, and the follower 55 pushes the nickel downward as seen in Fig. 5; this moves the pin 48 within the slot 49, and the arm 47 of the actuating lever is moved in one direction to cause its finger 36 to move in the opposite direction. The pin 37 at the lower end of said finger traveling in the slot 34, moves the arm 33 which carries the actuating pawl 32, and the tip of the latter engaging the teeth on the main wheel causes the rotation of such wheel and the movement of the minute hand in a manner described above. As soon as the nickel has been forced through the space between the two pins 48 and 50, the spring 37 rest-ores the parts to the position shown in Fig. 4. The

same action would take place with a penny or a quarter, excepting that the actuating lever would be turned on its pivot 35 to a degree or for a distance corresponding with the diameter of these coins. lVhen a thinner and smaller coin representing a higher value is inserted, however, it would register too little if permitted to follow the same course. Therefore the insertion of a dime which has higher value than. the larger nickel, must be made to turn the actuating lever to a greater degree. Entering the inlet 44, this coin slips off the plate 45 and drops into position between the pins and 54 as seen in Fig. 6, and when the follower 55 is brought down by the operator the pin 52 must be depressed for a considerable distance in its slot 53 before the dime can pass between it and the fixed pin or stop 54. This distance, added to the oblique disposition of the arm 51, causes the turning of the actuating lever to a greater extent, and the pin 37 at the lower end of its finger 36 therefore swings the pawl-carrying arm 33 through a larger arc and turns the lninute hand on the register to a greater extent. The parts will be properly proportioned so that any coin inserted, up to a quarter in the present illustration, will move the tip of the hour hand over as many marks 20 on the periphery of the dial as that coin contains pennies.

It is quite obvious that this improved actuator mechanism could be employed with other forms of registering mechanism, or that the movement of the pawl-carrying arm 33 to a greater or lesser extent around its pivotal point, which is the axis of the minute hand, could be made to perform other work than setting a register. Therefore I desire it understood that I do not wish to be confined to the use of this actuating mechanism with this particular form of register, or in fact its connection with any register. The use of a relatively thin switch plate as a track at the bottom of a coin chute within a runway which is wide enough to admit much thicker coins, may also be of advantage in other connections than herein illustrated and described, and with or without the illustrated form or any form of actuating mechanism and follower, and I reserve the right to the same accordingly. \Vhen $12 has been deposited in this bank, the door 6 in its bottom is unlatched by mechanism forming no part of the present application, and which therefore need not be elaborated in this specification.

W'hat is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a coin chute whose run way is composed of a switch plate at its inlet end narrower than the width of said chute, a. stop pin across the inner end of said switch plate, and a second stop pin across the runway beyond the inner end of such plate; of a pivoted lever mounted on a main pivot beneath the plate and having its upper end forked, one arm of the fork rising vertically from its pivot and coacting with one of said pins to admitcoins of a certain size between them, and the other arm rising obliquely from said pivot and coacting with the other of said pins, yielding means for holding this lever in position to prevent the admission of a coin without turning it on its pivot, a follower for forcing a coin between either stop and its pin, and a register connected with said lever.

2. The combination with a coin chute having two fixed pins across its track, a vertically movable follower within said chute, and means for depressing the same by hand; of an actuating lever mounted on a main pivot beneath the track and having its upper end forked, one arm of the fork rising vertically from its pivot and coacting with one of said pins to admit coins of a certain size between them, and the other arm rising obliquely from said pivot and coacting with the other of said pins, and yielding means for holding this lever in position to prevent the admission of a coin without turning it on its pivot.

3. The combination with a coin chute having two step pins across its track, a vertically movable follower within said chute, and means for depressing the same sy hand; of an actuating lever mounted on a main pivot beneath the track and having its npper end forked, one arm of the fork rising vertically from its pivot and coacting with one or" said pins to produce a passage for coins of a certain size, and the other arm rising obliquely from said pivot and reacting with the other of said pins to produce another passage for coins of difi'erent size, a spring bearing against the lower end of said lever and turning it normally in a direction to contact said passages, and a register connected with this arm.

a. The combination with a coin chute hav ing two stop pins across its track, a follower within said chute, and means for moving the sane toward said t ack by hand; of a pivoted actuating lever, two pins thereon at dil'lerent distances from its pivot coacting with said stops to produce coin passages of different size, a spring turning the lever normally in a direction to contract said passages, registering mechanism ii eluding a atchet wheel mounted on an axle, a retaining pawl for said wheel, an arm pivoted on said axle alongside the wheel and having an actuating pawl engaging its feet, its body being provided with a curved slot, and a pin in the lower arm of said lever loosely engaging said slot.

The combination with a coin chute having a stop pin across its track, a pivoted actuating lever having a pin in its upper end, means for pressing this pin normally toward said stop pin, and a follower for forcing said coin between said pins and turning the lover; of a spring tending to move the lever normally in a direction to contract the passage between said pins, registering mechanism including a 'atcliet wheel nounted on an axle, a retaining pawl for said wheel, an arm pivoted on said axle alongside the wheel and having an actuating pawl engaging its teeth, its body being provided with a curv d slot, and a pin in the lower end of said lever loosely engaging said slot.

(3. The combination with a coin chute r1 1 way is compo ed of a switch plate '3 inlet end narrower than the width oi chute a stop pin across the inner end d :h plate, and a second stop pin icross the run way bevondthe inner end of plate; of "rd other pins movably diswith r terenee to said stops respeclding me: ns bearing each pin nortoward its stop, and a follower for loroug a coin bet reen either pin and its stop.

7. The combination vith a coin chute whose run way is composed o a switch plate at its inlet end narrower than the width oi said chute, a stop pin across the inner end o i' aid sv 'zh plate, and a. second step pin across i run way beyond the inner end of :(l y or a pivoted lever whose upper rced, pins carried by the arms of rlc, a spring moving said lever norin a direction to bear said pins to ward their respective stops, a follower for forcing a coin between either stop and its pin, and a register connected with said lever.

8. "The combination with a coin chute whose runway is composed of a switch plate at its inlet end narrower than the width of said chute, a stop pin across the inner end of said switch plate, and a second step pin across the runway beyond the inner end of such plate; of a lever pivoted below said runway and carrying two pins at its upper end, the chute having a substantially horiz zontal slot vithin which the rearmost pin moves and substantially upright slot within which the foremost pin moves 2nd also having vertical slots above said runway, a follower within the chute above the runvmy, a yielding support tor the follower projecting through said ver ical slots, the r armost pin coacting with the r armost stop when l'l CrZ and large coins are lepressed by the followe and the other pin and stop coacting when thin and small coins are lepressed, and a registe actuated by the n'iovements of said lever.

9. he combination with coin chute whose rzun'ay is composed of a switch plate at its inlet end narrower than the width oli said chute, a stop pin across the inner end of said switch plate, and a second stop pin across the runway beyond the inner end ol such plate; of a lever pivoted below said rumvay and carrying two pins at its upper end, the

chute having a substantially horir ontal slot nu m which the rearmost pin moves and a 1 iliislantially upright slot within waich l the ioremost pin moves, the rearmost pin coacing with the rear-most stop when thick and large coins are 1nserted, and the other pin and stop coat-ting when thin and small coins a inserted, means for moving said lever, and a register actuated by its movements.

1;. The combination with a coin chute whose runway is composed oi? a switch plate at. its inlet end narrower than the width oli said chute, a stop pin across the inner end of said switch plate, and a second stop pin across the runway beyon the inner end of such plate; of a lever piloted )ClOW said runway and carrying two 1 ins at its upper end, the chute having a substantially horizontal slot within which the r armost pin moves and a substantially upright slot witl1- in which the foremost pin moves a follower within the chute above the runway, means for depress ng said follower n'ninually, the real-most pin coacting with the rearmost stop when thicl: and large coins are depressed by the follower and the other pin and stop can acting when thin and small coins are de J-d, a swinging arm connected with the end of said lever, a register, and pawl and-ratchet mechanism between said arm and register.

11. The combination with a coin chute whose runway is composed of a switch plate at its inlet end narrower than the width of said chute, a stop pin across the inner end of said switch plate, and a second stop pin across the runway beyond the inner end of such plate; of a lever pivoted below said runway and carrying two pins at its upper end, the chute having a substantially horizontal slot within which the rearmost pin moves and a substantially upright slot with in which the foremost pin moves, a follower within the chute above the runway, means for depressing said follower manually, the rearmost pin coacting with the rearmost stop when thick and large coins are depressed by the follower and the other pin and stop coacting when thin and small coins are depressed, a pivoted ann having a curved slot in its body, a pin in the lower end of said lever moving in said slot, a registering mechanism, and pawl-and-ratchet connections between the moving end of said arm and such registering mechanism.

12. A coin chute having a runway whose bottom near its inlet end is formed of a switch plate thinner than the width of said chute, a stop pin across the inner end of said plate, a second stop pin across the chute remote from the inner end of the plate but in line with its upper edge so that thicker and larger coins are dropped against the rear stop and thin and small coins are dropped past the plate and against the forward stop, movable pins coacting respectively with such stops, and registering mechanism actuated by the movements of these pins when coins are forced between them and their respective stops.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK H. MOONEY.

\Vitnesses N. L. OOLLAMER, M. H. STUARD.

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